I am happy to criticize Trump when he deserves it, but, in his defense, I think that anyone he would talk to, or any group of people that he would celebrate their holiday/culture/traditions he would call them "very, very special people."

Hindus: "very, very special people."Boy Scouts: "very, very special people."VFW: "very, very special people."Association of Rural Sheriffs: "very, very special people."Maine Bakers Association: "very, very special people."Girl Scouts: "very, very special people."his campaign staff: "very, very special people."

Hindus: "very, very special people."Boy Scouts: "very, very special people."VFW: "very, very special people."Association of Rural Sheriffs: "very, very special people."Maine Bakers Association: "very, very special people."Girl Scouts: "very, very special people."his campaign staff: "very, very special people."

You want Trump to treat everyone the same, he does.--------------------------------------------------------

Except... notice—every time OrangeManBad invites the KKK/neo-nazis/fascists into the White House to celebrate their heritage, he refers to them as "very, very, SUPER special people."

I don't know about that. There were 870 seniors in my grandson's graduating high school class last spring. About 1/3 were Indians or Southwest Asians and 90% of those graduated with honors and included the valedictorian and solutatorian. Seemed like a pretty special group to me.

At least he didn't say this....""I've had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking," Biden said."

You've got to know when to LOL 'emKnow when to troll 'emKnow when to shut it downWhen to rebootYou never count your trafficWhen you're on the computerThere'll be time enough for snarkin'When the trollin's done

The trouble with hostile, aggressive humor, which sadly my father dotes on, is, what is the response? If one knew that Althouse was joking, what would one say? Haha very funny motherfucker? Good one! Just laugh? Smile wanly? Add on to supposed examples of President Trump's supposed racism? It's just mean and there's really no response that computes. It makes a loser out of everyone exposed to it.

I kind of like LeBoeuf's response to the drummer's chicken joke on True Grit: You squirrelheaded bastard! Or, in Althouse's case, You squirrelheaded bitch.

The democrat media has been pretty successful smearing trump with the racism charge. It’s complete bullshit, but there is no denying the power of the media to dishonestly smear someone. That is what they live for.

It would be hillarious if Trump spoke more to Althouse's liking: "The Hindus -- very ordinary people." Who takes Trump's puffery seriously? It's like "new and improved" on all the household products we use. Does anyone realy believe it or buy the product because it's "new and improved"?

Commander Bone Spurs got trolled by Emmanuel Labor Macaroon and completely lost his shit... his cultists are just showing solidarity. Like the scene in Mad Men when the Lucky Strike #2 coughs, everyone at the table coughs.

I think you just stumbled into one of those rhetorical gray areas of the internet. Without the visual cues that go with face to face conversation, your attempt at humor is undecipherable.

Yeah, that is why ya gotta be careful with email humor also.In this case, Ima lean towards confirmation bias.Some think AA has no sense of humor, or AA is anti-Trump, or AA believes Trump is racist.Others believe AA has a sense of humor and is just foolin'around so we get it. The second group, in which I am included, is definitely special

Ann Althouse said...I'm beginning to question Scott Adams's idea that 30% of the people do not have a sense of humor.

It's possible that's a lower limit. I long ago suggested to an assistant manager at a major retailer they change their hiring process. Put together a 2 hour set of comedy clips from all the classics. Abbott and Costello. Three Stooges. Burns and Allen. Milton Berle. A few modern comics. Seinfeld. Make sure to include some off color humor. Pay all the applicants for their 2 hours of watching it. Tape the whole group and study the tape. Any one who looks uncomfortable or who isn't apparently amused during the whole marathon- Don't hire them!! Someone without a sense of humor shouldn't be dealing with the public. And won't work and play well with others.

I have a soft spot for sub-continent Indians. Beyond the fact that all the Indians I've known and worked with have been likeable, civilized people, I'm pleased by reports that in recent years, Indians have turned away from the collectivist Mother India mental-set they grew up with and turned toward a more individualistic, liberty-oriented approach to life. (Much to the horror of both traditionalists and statists, who are horrified by any movement, however small, toward a free society.) While here at home we have people who were born and raised in the Land of the Free, and grew up with an individualistic, pro-freedom ethic, and yet long to prostrate themselves even further to Big Brother. (Hi, Inga!)